%0 Journal Article
%T Global Proteomics of the Extremophile Black Fungus <i>Cryomyces antarcticus</i> Using 2D-Electrophoresis
%A Kristina Zakharova
%A Katja Sterflinger
%A Ebrahim Razzazi-Fazeli
%A Katharina Noebauer
%A Gorji Marzban
%J Natural Science
%P 978-995
%@ 2150-4105
%D 2014
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ns.2014.612090
%X <p>
	<a></a><a></a>The
microcolonial black fungus <em>Cryomyces
antarcticus</em> is an extremophile organism growing on and in rock in the
Antarctic desert. Ecological plasticity and stress tolerance make it a perfect
model organism for astrobiology. 2D-gel electrophoresis and MALDI-TOF/TOF mass
spectrometry were performed to explore the protein repertoire, which allows the
fungus to survive in the harsh environment. Only a limited number of proteins
could be identified by using sequence homologies in public databases. Due to
the rather low identification rate by sequence homology, this study reveals
that a major part of the proteome of <em>C.
antarcticus</em> varies significantly from other fungal species.
</p>
%K Microcolonial Fungi
%K Extremophiles
%K Proteomics
%K Protein Characterization
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48818